Tag: AirPower
Chinese MANPADS Could Complicate America’s Iran Air War
Iran may be weeks away from receiving hundreds of Chinese-made shoulder-fired air-defense systems, giving Tehran a weapon unlikely to reverse U.S. dominance in the air but potentially capable of making some of the most dangerous American missions even harder. There is already a combat case suggesting the risk is not…
Can Iran Be Defeated Without a Ground War?
The United States can almost certainly destroy more of Iran's military than Iran can destroy America's. That, however, does not answer the question now confronting Washington: can overwhelming military superiority produce political victory without putting American troops inside Iran?After eleven consecutive nights of strikes, U.S. forces have demonstrated that they…
